Wait I somehow missed 'Ode To Billie Joe' when catching up!! I'm not the biggest fan of country music in general but that is one of the best examples of the genre for me, amazing story-telling and what a voice :wub: agreed that it should've been way bigger here

I've been reading this with interest since you started it. Well done for getting this far. I tried something similar years ago but didn't get very far before I gave up.

 

The "Everybody Knows" by Dave Clark Five in 1967 is a different song to the one in 1965.

The "Everybody Knows" by Dave Clark Five in 1967 is a different song to the one in 1965.

Oh bother - not only did I think they were the same song but I reviewed the 1967 version in 1965! Thanks for flagging.

 

OK I’ve edited the review of the 1965 track on page 26 so it reflects the correct song and re-instated them into the next group!

Edited December 9, 20231 yr by Jingle Jules

It was always going to be Gene’s day today: I first discovered the song through the 1989 duet version and it’s such a powerful and sincere balllad.

 

9 Gene Pitney Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart His 2nd classic #5 hit: Gene is fantastic with the right song and this has a great flow and dramatic emotional connection

8 Sam And Dave Soul Man Another classic peaking far lower than it should have (but a US #2); it's the trumpet riff and accomplished vocals that make it

7 Felice Taylor I Feel Love Coming On Only hit for this US soul singer and agonisingly spent 3 weeks just outside the Top 10: a lovely song and she sounds brilliant

7 The Tremeloes Be Mine A very small hit for them and very falsetto heavy, but it's actually a gorgeous and mesmerising record: deserved much better

6 The Kinks Autumn Almanac This is catchy and lyrically very quirky and another Top 3 hit: not sure it bears repeat listens as well as many of their others

6 The Troggs Love Is All Around It's hard to appraise this independently of a certain cover version, but it's a very warm and cosy record, if not very challenging

5 Donovan There Is A Mountain His early hits were more simple and folky and I think I preferred that: a very intriguing jazz piece here but with bizarre lyrics

5 Stevie Wonder I'm Wondering Love the harmonica solo: another one from him that I don't think stands out enough but it's soulful and vocally excellent

4 The Dave Clark Five Everybody Knows {1967} They did well to reach #2 so late in their career: a good tune but a bit too sorry for itself and with slightly scratchy vocals

4 Lulu Love Loves To Love Love  Seems to be becoming her style to have punchy irregular rhythms, which I do like but I find the melody on this starts to grate

3 Long John Baldry Let The Heartaches Begin 240th #1 and his debut: he performs it very convincingly indeed, sounding utterly wretched, but I find the song a non event

3 Cliff Richard  All My Love Has a nice waltz-like feel and good use of instruments backing a catchy melody, but still a bit twee and far from exciting

2 Frankie Vaughan So Tired This style of ballad is indeed so tired; this at least has more personality in the performance than the drippy records below

2 Val Doonican If The Whole World Stopped Loving At least it's an original song rather than something ancient dug back up, but a very plodding and over-sentimental ballad

1 Des O'Connor Careless Hands Debut hit for the comedian; cover of a 40s song and it shoes: clearly the demand for old style crooning is still alive and well

 

 

1967 Group 15:

 

#2978 18/11/1967 The Monkees Daydream Believer 5 42-25-19-15-13-8-7-6-{5}-6-6-11-16-17-22-29-34->17

#2979 18/11/1967 Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs Foggy Mountain Breakdown (Theme From ‘Bonnie And Clyde’) 39  43-46-47-{39}-39-50->6

#2980 25/11/1967 Bee Gees World 9  30-15-{9}-9-14-15-12-12-11-12-18-32-37-43-48-47->16

#2981 25/11/1967 The Scaffold Thank U Very Much 4  32-24-14-10-9-9-{4}-6-10-19-22-34->12

#2982 25/11/1967 The Beach Boys Wild Honey 29 35-{29}-29-42-41-42->6

#2983 25/11/1967 Tom Jones  I'm Coming Home 2 36-13-10-5-{2}-3-3-7-7-16-20-19-20-26-44-43->16

#2984 25/11/1967 Simon Dupree And The Big Sound Kites 9  37-21-17-12-15-14-{9}-9-12-20-24-38-49->13

#2985 25/11/1967 The Pyramids Train Tour To Rainbow City 35 38-{35}-35-45->4

#2986 25/11/1967 Jim Reeves  I Heard A Heart Break Last Night 38  44-46-{38}-47-42-49->6

#2987 25/11/1967 Keith West Sam 38  49-{38}-46->3

#2988 02/12/1967 The Beatles Hello, Goodbye 1  9-{1}-1-1-1-1-1-1-8-16-30-48->12

#2989 02/12/1967 Diana Ross And The Supremes  In And Out Of Love 13 37-18-18-17-17-{13}-14-19-29-29-39-40-44->13

#2990 02/12/1967 Traffic Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush 8  42-19-{8}-10-12-11-10-16-23-23-29-38->12

#2991 02/12/1967 Cilla Black I Only Live To Love You 26 50-42-35-{26}-29-29-29-31-33-50-48->11

Edited December 14, 20231 yr by Jingle Jules

'Soul Man' definitely another addition to the list of songs I didn't know charted so low.

 

I know the Marc Almond version better ofc but 'Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart' is great :heart:

Loved the Gene Pitney hit at the time, but the 80's version removed some of my love for the song, got so fed up of hearing it - though I was so happy Gene and Marc got a number one out of it. Still much prefer the original, by which time Gene was more UK based than US, and getting UK songwriters Cook & Greenaway donating one of their many huge hits in the 60's and 70's. Soul Man was more Blues brothers era for me, didnt get any airplay I ever noticed at the time! Good record though.

 

I Feel Love Comin' On was so catchy, became a Singapore fave when I taped it off the radio, and a Barry White song. Felice Taylor's other 2 Barry White singles became US hits for Love Unlimited in the 70's (Barry's missus was heading the band). Barry went to write for The Banana Splits (! :o) before disco-soul granted him 70's immortality. The Trems wasnt one I recalled, but it's OK.

 

Autumn Almanac was a key moment for me - I discovered song lyrics to current songs (one a week) printed in mum's Weekend magazine, and one week it was this one. When it came on the radio I rushed over to the magazine on the table and started to sing along to it and mum commented on how did I know the words, hah! I started cutting them out after that, and sadly chucked the lot away when we moved house from the UK to Singapore. I still miss them! The record is fun, BTW. No Waterloo Sunset, but catchy enough.

 

Love Is All Around is a sweet tune, a sweet modest record, and not one I ever especially noticed, but liked, until that bloated monster came out. I was glad for Reg Presley though. Prefer this version anyday. There Is A Mountain not one of my fave Donovan records, but I was aware of it at the time. It's still not bad but not classic.

 

I'm Wondering is good Stevie, Everybody Knows was my fave record of this batch, loved the melody, Dave Clark 5 were still faves of mine and it was a great singalong tune. Under-rated these days, I think. Love Loves To Love not one of Lulu's greatest 60's hits, but I like it, Long John Baldry's was my mum's fave at the time, she loved him and the song, me too, a great vocalist and who knew he was gay! I didn't even know what gay was until 1972, not a clue :o Elton John must have been touring with him around this time. The song I still like a lot, but don't love it like I did then.

 

All My Love was a Cliff song I was mad on, again it was the tune I loved. I did love a good melody! These days, not so struck on it, but it's one of his better ballads of the 60's. Frankie & Des, meh! Which leaves Val, another song I was a fan of at the time. These days, don't mind hearing it now and again, but a bit too dull to want to hear often.

 

 

 

It’s close at the top today but The Beatles are narrowly popped. Some other great psychedelia here, particularly from Simon Dupree and The Bee Gees.

9 The Monkees Daydream Believer A US #1 but only #5 here; a gloriously addictive psychadelic pop song about someone daydreaming as his marriage falls apart

9 The Beatles Hello, Goodbye 241st #1 and their 4th festive chart topper; the epitome of nonsense Beatles lyrics around a simple theme of duality, yet brilliant

8 Simon Dupree And The Big Sound Kites Only Top 40 for this UK psychadelic band: a beautifully transfixing song with interesting instrumental effects and a wind machine

8 Bee Gees World A worthy chart topper follow up: their most psychadelic hit so far with existential lyrics; atmospheric and has an epic feel to it

7 Lester Flatt And Earl Scruggs Foggy Mountain Breakdown (Theme From 'Bonnie And Clyde') A Grammy winning bluegrass banjo instrumental from 1949 used in the 1967 film: a delightfully frantic car chase accompaniment

7 Diana Ross And The Supremes  In And Out Of Love Apparently the band were falling out at this point but I'm really enjoying their output; another slick and enjoyable to hear ballad

6 The Beach Boys Wild Honey This sounds more like The Stones and it seems the band were having an identity crisis at the time, but still a very good catchy song

6 Traffic Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush The title song from the film and a third really interesting Top 10 hit for them, but not as mesmerisingly brilliant as their first 2

5 Keith West Sam Also from the "Teenage Opera" project and a similar style record about a trainspotter called Sam: also enjoyable but not as good

4 Tom Jones  I'm Coming Home Another quite slow and dramatic ballad from him: not brilliant but it's grown on me and like how the production and emotion build

3 The Pyramids Train Tour To Rainbow City The only Top 40 for this British ska band: a curious record with spoken vocals depicting a guided tour but it's moderately fun

3 Cilla Black I Only Live To Love You The vocals are not too bad on this and the orchestral accompaniment is nice but the song isn't very exciting: a soppy love ballad

2 Jim Reeves  I Heard A Heart Break Last Night Must they continue to scrape the barrel of Jim's recordings: not unpleasant but a nondescript lazy tempo slightly bluesy number

1 The Scaffold Thank U Very Much Debut hit for them - apparently nobody knows what an Aintree Iron is: I found this terribly irritating after a couple of listens

 

 

 

1967 Group 16:

 

#2992 09/12/1967 Dave Davies Susannah's Still Alive 20  43-37-27-30-{20}-26-36->7

#2993 09/12/1967 Scott Walker Jackie 22 45-34-29-28-{22}-24-24-39-48->9

#2994 09/12/1967 Small Faces Tin Soldier 9  49-29-18-19-19-16-14-{9}-10-17-24-33->12

#2995 16/12/1967 The Beatles  Magical Mystery Tour EP 2 20-3-{2}-2-2-4-5-12-18-25-34-39->12

#2996 16/12/1967 The Four Tops Walk Away Renee 3  25-16-10-5-{3}-5-7-13-20-26-32->11

#2997 16/12/1967 Georgie Fame Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde 1 33-22-18-10-4-2-{1}-2-7-14-21-27-39->13

#2998 16/12/1967 Mireille Mathieu La Derniere Valse 26  38-30-{26}-31-39-43-45->7

#2999 16/12/1967 Petula Clark The Other Man's Grass (Is Always Greener) 20 43-28-24-21-{20}-21-27-34-47->9

#3000 16/12/1967 Chris Farlowe Handbags And Gladrags 33  48-35-{33}-42-45-48->6

#3001 23/12/1967 The Herd Paradise Lost 15 44-44-23-21-20-{15}-19-24-34->9

#3002 23/12/1967 Aretha Franklin Chain Of Fools/Satisfaction 37 45-43-43R(2)-45-{37}-42-42->7

#3003 30/12/1967 Brenton Wood Gimme Little Sign 8 37-40-40-30-21-15-{8}-8-10-12-15-18-24-32->14

#3004 30/12/1967 Smokey Robinson And The Miracles I Second That Emotion 27 46-50-28-38-38-32-{27}-36-36-38-49->11

#3005 30/12/1967 The Moody Blues Nights In White Satin 19  50-35-34-27-24-26-21-{19}-28-33-46->11

Edited December 14, 20231 yr by Jingle Jules

penultimate batch and my days on the fab Isle Of Angelsey were drawing to a close sometime in the new year, after Xmas, but some key major loves were musically about here:

 

Daydream Believer is a stone-cold classic, stick it on in a stadium and watch everyone sing along, a bar, anywhere really, a 20th century anthem and one in the eye for the crappy 60's rock musos who doubted their quality (still not in the Rock n Roll Hall Of Fame). Everytime I saw Davy sing it (3 times) it brought tears to my eyes. Still does. Still love the TV show. It was on dad's 12 Big Hits album in Singapore.

 

Hello Goodbye, on a Magical Mystery Tour on TV soon in '67, and a total fave of mine, a Beatles pop classic, what a tune. The B side was I Am The Walrus, another psychedelic classic and a key moment of the forthcoming EP that was still 5 years away from getting a copy of. So, it outsold everything else that christmas, technically.

 

Kites, oh how I loved and love this, mysterious and evocative, loved the exotic oriental sounds and the ethereal vocals. World may well be my fave Bee Gees record (and there's LOADS I love), that wailing guitar is a total spine-tingler moment, and Robin's plaintive emotional vocal a highlight. Those 4 are all massive classics for me, difficult to pick one out, but has to be The Monkees really.

 

Foggy Mountain Breakdown a golden oldie, banjo ahoy! In And Out Of Love is a decent Supremes track, but the writing was on the wall - they were preparing for solo Diana and their eye had been taken off the ball a bit, bar one more 10/10 to come. Wild Honey was The Beach Boys flailing about without Brian Wilson, the hit-machine par excellence AWOL.

 

The Traffic single I quite liked at the time, quite like it still. Sam, not up to Teenage Opera quality, but nice. I'm Coming Home was a Tom Jones fave of mine, love the song and Tom effortlessly belting it out and sounding like he means it. Second only to the Big Four up top. The Pyramids is a quirky one.

 

Cilla's was another I liked at the time, though not one of her great records. Not to worry Paul McCartney will bang one out for her soon. Jim Reeves meh. The Scaffold a kiddie-pleasing Scouse novelty biggie. We (me, and to a degree my little bro) knew most of the words to Thank U Very Much, they were printed in one of the weekly mags of the time - Reveille, I think, it wasn't glossy like Weekend, just newsprint and my memory says newsprint. Aintree is an area of Liverpool & racecourse, very familiar to our family of course, we were still regularly in Kirkdale for holidays visiting grandma. I just assumed The Aintree Iron was a gate, or an actual iron for ironing :lol:

Passing 3,000 records today. :cheer: I know I’ve been slowing a bit but that’s not bad going for the first year of this!

 

What a group to end the year on - a shame The Beatles will miss out on victory twice in a row with 2 great singles but there we go. I’ve linked the videos for my 2 favourites on the EP.

 

And what a spectacular failure of taste that “Nights In White Satin” only made #19, though it will make #9 (still way too low) on re-release.

 

10 The Moody Blues Nights In White Satin The ultimate anguished heartbreak ballad: the instrumentation makes it incredibly moody and the vocal climax is utterly majestic

9 The Beatles  Magical Mystery Tour EP This is what the title suggests: each song on this 6 track EP has its own personality and yet it manages to be a cohesive record

8 Chris Farlowe Handbags And Gladrags Will be covered and used in a TV show of course but this version has so much feeling; only a minor hit and last Top 40 for Chris

8 Scott Walker Jackie A unique debut hit for him: a translation of a French song, hence how he pronounces "Jackie", and it's a brilliantly quirky track

7 Small Faces Tin Soldier They're continuing to be much more interesting since going psychadelic: a stonking rock number that sounds ahead of its time

7 Brenton Wood Gimme Little Sign Only hit for this US singer and it's a very catchy soul song with a punchy rhythmic chorus and a complementary organ interlude

6 Dave Davies Susannah's Still Alive 2nd and final appearance for this Kink and less successful but another really good one; love the up and down stairs style guitar riff

6 The Herd Paradise Lost Like "Heroes And Villians" marvellously adventurous and feels epic; hard to decide whether a masterpiece or a mess but enjoyable

5 Mireille Mathieu La Derniere Valse An enjoyable French version of "The Last Waltz": the language gives it a classy feel and it's vocally more restrained than Engelbert

5 The Four Tops Walk Away Renee Another very big hit for them and they're always very good value but I haven't connected so strongly with this particular song

4 Smokey Robinson And The Miracles I Second That Emotion First hit for Smokey and band and there's much better to come from them: this is very nice and beautifully sung but slightly dull

4 Petula Clark The Other Man's Grass (Is Always Greener) A pleasant and sweet song but hard to get excited about - sometimes with Petula everything feels rather prim and proper

3 Aretha Franklin Chain Of Fools/Satisfaction Covering "Satisfaction" there was only going to be one winner, and I find the other side quite a bog standard soul song

3 Georgie Fame Ballad Of Bonnie And Clyde 242nd #1 inspired by the film: I struggle to enjoy songs about shooting amd this is no exception, but quite a fun telling of the story

 

 

 

Edited December 14, 20231 yr by Jingle Jules

Congrats on reaching the 3,000 milestone Julian! :cheer:

 

Nights In White Satin is indeed utterly gorgeous. :wub: Love the Magical Mystery Tour EP too and Jackie was a fantastic discovery from one of the listening sessions. Handbags & Gladrags I don't really listen to for personal reasons but is also great of course.

 

Gonna disagree with you on the low ranking of The Ballad Of Bonnie & Clyde though, find that a fun little bop.

Average score for 1967 was 5.57, so not quite up to the dizzy heights of 1966 but still a strong year.

 

Gold medal: Nights In White Satin - The Moody Blues

 

Silver medal: Penny Lane / Strawberry Fields Forever - The Beatles

 

Bronze medal: Daydream Believer - The Monkees

 

Also receiving 9s:

Dedicated To The One I Love - The Mamas And The Papas

Something’s Gotten Hold Of My Heart - Gene Pitney

A Whiter Shade Of Pale - Procol Harum

I Can See For Miles - The Who

There’s A Kind Of Hush - Herman’s Hermits

Music To Watch Girls By - Andy Williams

Magical Mystery Tour EP - The Beatles

Alternate Title - The Monkees

Hello, Goodbye - The Beatles

Hi-Ho Silver Lining - Jeff Beck

Waterloo Sunset - The Kinks

The Letter - The Box Tops

Arnold Layne - Pink Floyd

Let’s Spend The Night Together / Ruby Tuesday - The Rolling Stones

I’m A Believer - The Monkees

Excerpt From ‘A Teenage Opera’ - Keith West

Happy Together - The Turtles

007 - Desmond Decker And The Aces

 

Worst hit of the year: Black Velvet Band - The Dubliners

 

1968 Group 1:

 

#3006 06/01/1968 Love Affair Everlasting Love 1 36-15-3-2-{1}-1-2-4-9-17-20-31->12

#3007 06/01/1968 Plastic Penny Everything I Am 6 38-27-22-10-{6}-10-15-20-25-35->10

#3008 06/01/1968 Solomon King She Wears My Ring 3 39-25-18-13-8-9-5-{3}-5-9-12-12-15-21-27-30-48-42->18

#3009 06/01/1968 John Fred And The Playboy Band Judy In Disguise (With Glasses) 3 48-23-13-4-4-{3}-6-9-17-25-26-35->12

#3010 06/01/1968 The Symbols The Best Part Of Breaking Up 25 49-41-29-32-{25}-25-27-29-32-38-48-49->12

#3011 13/01/1968 Engelbert Humperdinck Am I That Easy To Forget 3 33-8-{3}-3-4-4-6-13-18-19-25-29-40->13

#3012 13/01/1968 The Spencer Davis Group Mr Second Class 35 49-{35}-35-40->4

#3013 20/01/1968 The Beach Boys Darlin' 11 32-25-17-15-12-14-16-13-{11}-14-17-22-29-38->14

#3014 20/01/1968 Amen Corner Bend Me Shape Me 3 33-11-5-5-{3}-5-4-8-14-18-22-34->12

#3015 20/01/1968 Herman's Hermits I Can Take Or Leave Your Loving 11 34-17-14-{11}-11-16-20-28-34->9

#3016 20/01/1968 Robert Knight Everlasting Love 40 {40}-44->2

#3017 20/01/1968 Martha Reeves And The Vandellas Honey Chile 30 44-42-36-31-{30}-30-35-41-50->9

#3018 20/01/1968 The Tremeloes Suddenly You Love Me 6 46-14-9-{6}-7-11-10-16-16-26-38->11

#3019 27/01/1968 Manfred Mann Mighty Quinn 1 26-7-2-{1}-1-2-3-8-15-25-46->11

#3020 27/01/1968 Tony Blackburn So Much Love 31 43-{31}-37-39->4

'Hello, Goodbye' is great, I'd say it's my second favourite Beatle Christmas #1 only behind 'Day Tripper'. Nice to see the Magical Mystery Tour EP popping up here soon after too. When I first got into the band a decade ago I was intrigued by the colourful, psychedelic artwork and then loved the music even more. It was fascinating to witness some people's first ever listens to it at the #2s session, particularly positive reactions to 'Blue Jay Way' as I find that song so underrated. 'I Am The Walrus', a Beatles instrumental track in 'Flying'... it's got it all :P I fancy a re-listen now, any excuse :lol:

 

'Nights In White Satin' is absolutely gorgeous, here for that perfect 10 :wub: :wub: it is featured in an advert at the moment so got a nice iTunes boost the other day <3

I don't know many of these songs. I should research them more as the music of the late 60s was a massive influence to 70s and 80s music especially. 'Everlasting Love' I do know and is so joyous and 'Mighty Quinn' and 'Bend Me Shape Me' are good. 'I Can See For Miles' is one of the Who's best songs imo.

 

Smokey Robinson And The Miracles I Second That Emotion First hit for Smokey and band and there's much better to come from them: this is very nice and beautifully sung but slightly dull

 

Good song, I only know this song because of the cover of it by the band Japan in 1982 that went top 10 in the UK. Looking forward to seeing you reach the early 80s eventually as that's the first chart period where I know the majority of the songs.

Edited December 14, 20231 yr by TheSnake

'Daydream Believer' is a goodie just like 'I'm A Believer' also is. 'Nights In White Satin' though is a stone cold classic, so hauntingly magnificent!

Congrats Julian on 3000! Staying power I hope to acquire next year to finish some of my BJ projects still pending.

 

OK so Xmas on the Isle Of Angelsey and my 10th birthday cover this batch of songs! I got some Enid Blyton books (mad on The Famous Five and The Adventure series, anything that featured lonely islands in the title was going to appeal to me), some more Xmas stamps I could grab off the cards as they came in, and a stocking full of chocolate. I distinctly remember making my Mars Bar last a week, a little bit every day. My brother wolfed his lot pretty quickly, but I wanted to extend the pleasure. :lol:

 

So, Nights In White Satin incredibly passed me by in 1967 - I caught it in late 1972 when it charted again, and it topped my charts in 1979 on it's 3rd hit run, by which time it was indeed a stone-cold classic. It's in the sales-chart right now! I bought the single in 1977 at Uni and it just remains eternal. Saw The Moody's do it on their final tour.

 

That said...Magical Mystery Tour, I Am The Walrus, both are epic, but the tracks I knew best at the time were Fool On The Hill and Your Mother Should Know, both were more radio friendly in 1967. Fool On The Hill is as good as the lead track and Walrus, so it's a triple A monster for me vs one classic, Beatles win. Pete & Jill Butler, friends of mum and dad, gifted the EP to me in 1972, eternally grateful! Their toddler son was named Mark John, same names as bruv and I.

 

Handbags & Gladrags never liked. No version of it. Written by Manfred's Mike D'abo though, I think. Tin Soldier is OK. But the epic one is Jackie, Scott going all jacques brel, and absolute banned-at-the-time classic that I bought on an album in 1976 and went instantly mad on it, having never heard it before. So brilliant, still the definitve version, tho marc Almond did good too.

 

Gimme Little Sign is fab, catchy at the time and still groovy, baby. Susannah's decent enough, Paradise Lost a goodie, neither one I knew at the time, Mireille Mathieu was a UK TV staple in the 60's and 70's, she was more famous than one minor hit might suggest, and this is a good tune.

 

Walk Away Renee was a hit cover of a US smash, but this is the version I loved to bits. Right up there with The Beatles, Jackie and Moddy's for me, Levi gives it a monster lead vocal in his peak years. It was downhill after this for The Four Tops till 1971. I Second That Emulsion I've never really got, it's OK, but has never been more than that, The Other Man's Grass another Tony hatch tune I rated a lot. Very singalong, though not in the same league as the classics above.

 

Also tend to agree about the Aretha double A, just a bit pedestrian. She's never bad, of course, but she'll show just how to do a song before long... Bonnie & Clyde a big fave at the time, but less so as the years fly by. I still like to hear it now and again, but Georgie has some classic forgotten gems over the next 2 years, way better than this one.

 

 

Happy 3,000 :clap: and a few good tunes in there for the occasion - 'Nights In White Satin' of course excellent, and the SyncTube sessions have introduced me to both 'Jackie' and most of 'Magical Mystery Tour' (I knew 'I Am The Walrus' already), 'Blue Jay Way' being my favourite from it.

 

(I like that this thread is also doubling as Popchartfreak's diary - I'm amazed you remember details from this long ago so well, I certainly couldn't tell you anything about my 10th birthday :lol:)

9 Gene Pitney Something's Gotten Hold Of My Heart His 2nd classic #5 hit: Gene is fantastic with the right song and this has a great flow and dramatic emotional connection

6 The Troggs Love Is All Around It's hard to appraise this independently of a certain cover version, but it's a very warm and cosy record, if not very challenging

 

Yeah 'Somethings Gotten Hold Of My Heart' and 'Love Is All Around' are both good songs, the former good with or without a sprinkling of Almond! The Troggs unslowed version of 'Love Is All Around' definitely an interesting listen when you are so used to the slower ubiquitous cover version.

Edited December 15, 20231 yr by TheSnake

Nights In White Satin is certainly one of the best songs from the 1960s.

 

Well done on reaching 3000 singles. I hope everyone will nominate this for thread of the year at the Buzzjack Awards.

Well done Julian on passing 3,000 Top 40 hits rated! My favourites from the second half of 1967 (since I last commented) are 'Reflections', 'Daydream Believer' and 'Foggy Mountain Breakdown' (that one is a road trip essential!)

I hope everyone will nominate this for thread of the year at the Buzzjack Awards.

Seconded, this was the first thread that sprang to mind when I saw the category.

Happy 3,000 :clap: and a few good tunes in there for the occasion - 'Nights In White Satin' of course excellent, and the SyncTube sessions have introduced me to both 'Jackie' and most of 'Magical Mystery Tour' (I knew 'I Am The Walrus' already), 'Blue Jay Way' being my favourite from it.

 

(I like that this thread is also doubling as Popchartfreak's diary - I'm amazed you remember details from this long ago so well, I certainly couldn't tell you anything about my 10th birthday :lol:)

 

As I was saying to my brother yesterday, cos he doesnt remember the same sort of stuff I do (i reminded him of the Mars bar story - no memory of it at all :lol: ) music is my life story memory jogger, always has been. My earliest music memory must have been 3 or 4, we had a very old 78rpm record player with some shellac records of songs from Snow White that I absolutely loved, like I'm Wishing. Shellac was very brittle, sadly, and they were resting on an armchair and got sat on accidentally. Scarred me for life! :lol: